Cooking

Cooking Spotlight: Chicken and Dumplings

Chicken and dumplings is a comfort food I was raised on, and it doesn't always need chicken in it. It's a great way to use up the remains of a whole chicken.

Cooking

Cooking in January

We started this month off with a lot of comfort food, and then put in some work as mom was visiting.

Cooking

Cooking in December

We've managed a few interesting repeats this month, including dumpling stew, beef jerky, and teriyaki salmon.

Adventures

Carpinteria Bluffs in December

We decided to take a little adventure along the coast at the Carpinteria Bluffs and seal rookery.

Gardening

November Gardening

It's winter time in sunny Southern California, which means time to clean out of hydroponics experiment and prepare the next batch of seedlings.

Cooking

Cooking in November

This month marks the return of some regular cooking, though not many special projects. The biggest is our holiday salmon pastry dish.

Gardening

October Gardening

This month we've achieved our first failures in the garden! We lost several cucumber plants, but harvested our first lettuce. Each failed crop is a lesson learned.

Cooking

Cooking in Late October

With John's injury, we've not been doing much cooking the past couple weeks. Here's what little we accomplished.

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Cooking in Early October

This month's highlight meals include spinach cream cheese dip, dal on corn tortillas, and tortilla soup. The accidental theme is tortillas!

Cooking

Cooking in Late September

Several cooking experiments and results.

Gardening

Early September Gardening

It's been a sprouting month for the garden, with lots of new space and new seedlings!

Cooking

Potato Pancakes with Cream

I think the briefest summary of this recipe is "How to ruin your diet with this one weird meal."